Al Goldstein
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Alvin "Al" Goldstein (b. January 10, 1936, New York City) is an American publisher and pornographer. Goldstein founded the pornographic magazine Screw in 1968.[1][2] He was also the host and producer (with radio personality Alex Bennett) of Midnight Blue, a New York leased-public access cable television series.[2] He acted in Let My Puppets Come (1976), a puppet porn movie.
His company Milky Way Productions, home of Screw and his long-running cable show, Midnight Blue, went into bankruptcy in 2004.[2] His mansion in Pompano Beach, Florida, with the 11-foot statue of an obscene finger gesture out back, was sold in June 2004 to pay debts.[2] After his bankruptcy he served time in Rikers Island prison after he published a former employees telephone number in Screw and encouraged readers to call her.[2] He then received three years’ probation for similar treatment of his third wife, and was arrested for shoplifting.[2] In 2005 he became homeless, until his friend the magician Penn Jillette offered to pay the rent on an apartment.[2] In 2005 he became the national marketing director for XonDemand, an Internet video-on-demand porn website.[1]
In 2005 a documentary was made by James Guardino about Goldstein, titled Porn King: The Trials of Al Goldstein. In 2006, Goldstein released an autobiography, through Thunder’s Mouth Press, co-written with Josh Alan Friedman, titled I, Goldstein: My Screwed Life, which has received favourable reviews.
In late March 2007, Al launched his presidential campaign for the 2008 election. Campaign slogans include "Support Al, He likes it on top".
On August 29, in response to the Larry Craig scandal he declared in his blog that he was bisexual, and said he'll be "the first presidential candidate to admit to sucking cock and the first to turn fully gay mid-campaign."[3]
However, in a presidential campaign video posted on YouTube, Al admits he is straight and has been married five times. He did state in the same video that he supports gay marriage.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ a b MacMillan, Robert (2005-05-13). "Steal This Song (section: (Re)Turn of the Screw)". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/04/13/AR2005041300779_pf.html. Retrieved on 2008-05-31.
- ^ a b c d e f g The New Yorker (January 3, 2005)
- ^ algoldstein.booble.com
- ^ Al Goldstein for President 2008
[edit] External links
- Blog of Al Goldstein
- Al Goldstein at the Internet Movie Database
- Rotten Timeline
- Screw magazine online
- Undernews (August 2004)
- Can't Stop the Bleeding (August 12, 2004)
- The Villager(September 15-21, 2004)
- 1010 Wins (November 29, 2004)
- Goldstein for President '08 (March 30, 2007)
- Johnson, Richard (2007-07-23). "Sign Here (section: Goldstein's Screwy Situations)". The New York Post. http://www.nypost.com/seven/07232007/gossip/pagesix/pagesix_u.htm. Retrieved on 2008-05-31.
- Franklin, Roger (2004-12-04). "Rise and fall of naked ambition". The Age. http://www.theage.com.au/news/Opinion/Rise-and-fall-of-naked-ambition/2004/12/11/1102625582869.html. Retrieved on 2008-05-31.
- Newman, Andy (2004-08-12). "68 and Sleeping on Floor, Ex-Publisher Seeks Work". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0DE2DA163FF931A2575BC0A9629C8B63. Retrieved on 2008-05-31.
- Heller, Steven (2006-11-19). "My Dirty Life and Times". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/19/books/review/Heller.html. Retrieved on 2008-05-31.
- Goldstein, Al (2006-10-02). I, Goldstein: My Screwed Life. New York, NY: Thunder's Mouth Press. pp. 304. ISBN 978-1560258681.
